Distance from Berlin to Cairo
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Cairo, Egypt is 2,891 km (1,796 mi · 1,561 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,891 km · 1,796 mi · 1,561 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Cairo
- 143° (SE)
- Initial bearing Cairo → Berlin
- 335° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+01:00 · Cairo UTC+02:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 121 min — the sun rises later in Berlin
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:16 UTC / 15:26 UTC
- Cairo
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:15 UTC / 15:04 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.